{{Infobox spaceflight | name = Formosat-2 | names_list = ROCSAT-2 | image = Model of FORMOSAT-2 in NSPO, Taiwan.JPG | image_caption = The model of Formosat-2 | image_alt = | image_size =
| mission_type = Earth observation | operator = NSPO | COSPAR_ID = 2004-018A | SATCAT = | website = | mission_duration = 12 years
| spacecraft = | spacecraft_type = | spacecraft_bus = | manufacturer = NSPO | launch_mass = {{convert|750|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name=nssdc /> | BOL_mass = | dry_mass = | payload_mass = | dimensions = | power =
| launch_date = 19 May 2004 17:47 UTC<ref name=nssdc/> | launch_rocket = Taurus XL | launch_site = Vandenberg Air Force Base | launch_contractor = | entered_service =
| disposal_type = | deactivated = 19 August 2016<ref name=dec /> | destroyed = | last_contact = | recovery_by = | recovery_date =
| orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Sun-synchronous | orbit_longitude = | orbit_slot = | orbit_semimajor = | orbit_eccentricity = | orbit_periapsis = | orbit_apoapsis = | orbit_inclination = | orbit_period = | orbit_RAAN = | orbit_arg_periapsis = | orbit_mean_anomaly = | orbit_mean_motion = | orbit_repeat = | orbit_velocity = | orbit_epoch = | orbit_rev_number = | apsis = gee<!--planet specific apsis term (eg. gee/helion/selene/etc - defaults to generic "apsis")-->
| trans_band = | trans_frequency = | trans_bandwidth = | trans_capacity = | trans_coverage = | trans_TWTA = | trans_EIRP = | trans_HPBW =
| programme = | previous_mission = Formosat-1 | next_mission = FORMOSAT-5 }}
'''Formosat-2''' ({{zh|福爾摩沙衛星二號}}, formerly known as '''ROCSAT-2''') is a decommissioned Earth observation satellite formerly operated by the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan. It was a high-resolution photographic surveillance satellite with a daily revisit capability.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/160-formosat-2 | title = Formosat-2 images | publisher = Spot Image | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806144826/http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/160-formosat-2 | archive-date = 2012-08-06 }} </ref> Images are commercially available from Astrium (formerly Spot Image).
== Launch == Formosat-2 was launched on 19 May 2004, 17:47 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Taurus XL rocket.<ref name=nssdc>{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2004-018A |title=Rocsat 2 - NSSDC ID: 2004-018A |publisher=NASA}}</ref> It had been delivered to the United States in December 2003, and had a scheduled launch date on 17 January 2004.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Yu-Tzu|title=Taiwan's new satellite on its way|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/12/02/2003078029|access-date=4 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=2 December 2003}}</ref> The launch was continually delayed until May 2004.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Yu-Tzu|title=Postponing ROCSAT-2 launch not an election issue: NSC|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/02/26/2003100175|access-date=4 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=26 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chiu|first1=Yu-Tzu|title=ROCSAT-2 gets off the ground|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/22/2003156480|access-date=4 July 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=22 May 2004}}</ref> Formosat-2 was decommissioned in August 2016.<ref name=dec>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Wei-han|title=Aged Formosat-2 decommissioned|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/08/22/2003653607|access-date=22 August 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=22 August 2016}}</ref>
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==See also== {{Portal |Spaceflight}} * Taiwan Space Agency * 2004 in spaceflight * ONGLAISAT
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==References== {{Reflist |30em}}
==External links== {{commons category|FORMOSAT-2}} {{Formosat}} {{Orbital launches in 2004}}
Category:Earth observation satellites of Taiwan Category:Spacecraft launched in 2004
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